Machine for manufacturing tags.



No. 894,192. PATENTED JULY-28, 1908. A. DANSERBAU. MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14.1906.

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' MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS.

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MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS.

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MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS.

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A. DANSEREAU. A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14.1906.

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MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS.

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lflinesses No. 894,192.- PATENTED JULY 28, 1908. A. DANSERBAU.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS..

APPLICATION FILED JULY 14.1906.

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' Manufacturing Tags, of which the following is aspecification.

7 per or cardboard and attaching to the tag a TED STATES I PATENT omcn ARTHUR DANSEREAU, OF SOUTHBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.

MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING TAGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 28, 1908.

Application filed July 14, 1906. Serial No. 326,182.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, ARTHUR DANSEREAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Southbridge, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for This invention relates to a machine for manufacturing tags from a web of heavy pastring, Wire, or other device by means of which the tag maybe tied to any desired article, said string, wire, or the like being attached to the ta by a metal clip bent transversely thereo A and securely fastened to the tag with p the string or wire clamped to the tag by said Oli The object of the invention is to-provide a machine which will manufacture tags from a continuous web of paper, the corners of said '7 tags being beveled off at one end'thereof and at the same end of the tag a metal clip at- I 'ftached to the-tag with a string, wire or the like clamped between the clip and the tag,

1 the machine also being adapted to print any is finally out from perforate the web desired matter upon the tag before said tag said web of paper, and to of paper longitudinally thereof, so that'the completed tag will be perforated transversely thereof in order that a portion of the tag may be readily separatedfrom the main body thereof.

' The invention consists in the combination and arrangementof parts set forth in the following specification and particularly pointed.

v out in the claims thereof.

Referring to the drawings: Figure l isja 1 side elevation of my improved machine for L broken away and shown in section. is a plan view of the same.

manufacturing tags, the same being partly 1g. 2' Fig. 3 is an enlarged plan view of the main driving shafts and gearing, the top of the frame being removed on'line 33 Fig. 1' and the remainder of the frame being broken away to save space in the drawings.- Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4 4 of Fig. 3, looking toward the feed rolls. Fig- 5 is a section,

- 3 right in said figure, illustrating the pawl and ratchet feed mechanism for the paper artly in'e'levation,.,;taken on line 55 of ig. 2, illustrating the mechanism by means of which notches are cut in the edgeof the web of pa per. Fig. 6 is a-section, partly ,in elevation;

taken on line 6-6 of'Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a secof paper.

left in said figure.

tion taken on line 7-7 of Fig. '5 illustrating the cutters. Fig. 8 is a section, partly in elevation, taken on line 8.8 of Fig.2, illus-.

trating the mechanism for punching the web vation' taken on line 99 of Fig. 8 and broken away. Fig. 10 is a'sectiompartly in elevation, taken online 10-10, Fig. 2, illustrating the mechanism for cutting and bending the metal clips and attaching the same to the tag.- 'Fig. 11 is a plan view, partly Fig. 9 is a section, partly-in elein section,- taken on line 11.11 of Fig. 10.

Fig; 12 is a detail view, partly in section, showing the metal bending mechanism. Fig. 13 is an enlarged section, partly in elevation, taken on line 1313 of Fig. 2, illustrating the metal punching, cutting and bending, and attaching mechanism. Fig. '14

is a section, partly in elevation taken on line l4-14 0 Fig. 13, looking toward the the female member 'of the metal strip die punched plate. Fig. 16 isia plan view of the mechanism for feeding the string or wire, the frame of the machine being broken away as well as the-driving shafts to save space.

Fig. 16 is aside elevation of a portion of string holding mechanism. Fig. 17 is an end elevation of the clip bendingsfpring attachin mechanism, the bed-plates -o the frame an the'shaftsbein shown in section. Fig. 18 is a section, part y in elevation, taken on line 1818 of Fig- 2, illustrating the main driving shafts which actuate the paper feed rolls an printing mechanism. Fig. 19 is a ection,

Fig. 15 is a plan view of partly in elevation, taken on line 1919 of artly in elevation, taken on line I Fig. 24 is a plan view of' the web of, paper, illustrating the same as it appears when factured on the machine of my invention.

Figs. 26 to 30 are diagrammatic views illus-' trating in plan (Fig. .26) and in section,

eing fed through the machine. Fig. 25 illustrates a completed tag as manupartly in elevation (Figs. 27 to 30) the difjected in orderto manufacture a complete tag such as that illustrated in Fig. 25.

Reference being had particularly to Fig. 24, the web of paper 30 is perforated longitudinally thereof along the, line 31. The web is then notched, as at 33, and holes 32 5 are next punched therein, said notches form'- .mg the beveled corners 34 of the completed tag. The next operation is the attaching of 'ro a metal clip' 35 to the web of paper midway between the notches 33, said metal clip serving as an attaching means for fastening the string 36 to the tag and being cut from a con tinuous strip of "metal which is first punched with holes of different diameters alternately disposed, firsta small and then a large hole, the strip being notched u edges midway between sai holes an then cut transversely thereof between two of said notches and bent in such a manner as to inclose or clamp the strin to one face of said web of aper, and 'attac g mechanism being emp oyed to rivet the clip securely to the web of apera After the string has been at tached y means of the metal clip to the web of pa er,said--Web of aper is rinted 3 with any matterwhich may e desire as at 37., and the tag now being 'completedis cut off along the line 38 extending transversely of the webof paper and in alinement with the bottom of the notch 33.

In the drawings, 39 is the frame of the machineiconsisting of a to 40 anda base 41, joined together by stan ards 42, 43 andsupported upon legs 44, 45. 46 is the main driving shaft of the machine (Fig. 3) the same being journaled in bearings provided in brackets 47, 47 fast to the base 41.

shaft 46 is rotated by means of suitable pulleys and has a bevel gear 48fast theretoand *meshing into. bevel gears-49 and 50 fast to 50 shafts51 and 52, respectively. The shaft 51 is acam-shaft extending longitudinally along one side of the machine and journaled' in bearings formed in brackets 53 fast to the bed-plate 41. The shaft 52 is journaled in a bearing formed in a'stand 54 also fastened to said bed-plate. Said shaft 52 has a bevel gear 55 fast thereto "and meshin into a bevel gear 56. The bevel gear 56 is astened to a shaft 57 extending'transversely of the machino and journaled in bearings formed in the brackets 58, 58 fast to the bed-plate 41.

" 'The-cross-shaft 57 has a bevel gear 59 fast thereto and meshing into a bevel gear 60 'fast to another shaft 61 which is journaled in 5 brackets 62 fast tohthe bed-plate.41. The I on its op osite The shaft 61 has a gear 63 fast thereto which meshes into a gear 64 fast to .a cam-shaft 65 journaled in bearings formed in brackets 66 fast to the top 40 of the frame, while the shaft 51 has a gear 67 fast thereto and meshinginto a gear 68 fast to a cam shaft 69 journaled in suitable brackets 7 0 fast to the top 40. r

The web of aper is fed into the machine by two feed-r0 s 71 and 72 (Figs. 1, 3, 18 and 19). The lower feed-roll '71 is fast to a shaft 73 journaled in bearings in brackets 74 fastened to the top 40. A gear 75 fast to the shaft 73 meshes into another gear 7 6fas't to a shaft 77, the shaft 77 being fastened to the upper paper feed-roll 72. The up er feed 1 is held against the lower feed-r0 l with a spring pressure by means of springs 78 which bear against a oap-box 79 located in a slot 80 formed in the bracket 74, said cap-box bearing upon its under side againstthe shaft 77. a This spring bearing construction is duplicated at the op osite ends of the roll 72, so I that the upper r0 1 is held against the web of aper with a spring pressure and thus adusts itself to varying thicknesses ofpaper.

An intermittent rotary motion is imparted to the shaft 73 by the following mechanism: The main drivingshaft 46 has a crank-arm 81 fast thereto which is provided with'a slot 82. Abolt or crank-pin 83 is fastened to the 7 arm 81 and is ad ustable longitudinally thereof in the slot 82 ,being clamped in said slot by means of a nut 84 and sleeve or thim-.

ble 85. A link 86 is pivoted upon the thimble 85 and pin 83 so as to rock loosely thereon and is pivotally connected at the other end thereof, by apin 87, to a rack 88. adapted to slide in ways 89 formed in a standard. 90 fast to the lower bed-plate or' base 41. The 5 rack 88 meshes into a gear 91 loosely mounted on the shaft 73. Said gear has pawls 92 (Fig. 4) pivoted to the inner face thereof .which are held in engagement by springs 93 with a ratchet 94-, said ratchet being rigidly v fastened to theshaft -73. It will thus be seen that as the main shaft is rotated inthe direction of the arrow (Fig. 1) the arm 81 will be rotated and through the link 86 a reciprocatory motion will be imparted t6 the rack 88 which will impart a rocking motion to the gear 91, and said gear will impart,

through the pawls 92,, an intermittent rotary movement in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 4),thus feeding the .;paper forwardv step by step' at each rotation of the main shaft, the amount of feed of the web of'paper being regulated by the distance of the crank-pin 83 from the center of said main driving shaft As the paper is fed'into' the machine, it is" first perforated along the line 31 by'means of a perforating disk 95 journaled' upon a frame 96 and constructed to press downwardly upon the web of paper, sa d web of paper being supported upona roll 97 located immeof the com leted tag. I

The mec anism for punching the holes 32.

diately beneath the perforating disk 95 and fast to a shaft 98 journaledto rotate in bearings formed inbrackets 99 fast to the to 40.

The frame 96- is adjustable transverse y of] theweb of paper upon a rod 100 which is sup orted upon the bracket 99 so that the pe orating isk 95can be adjusted to any desired position-transversely of the'web of paper, and the rowof. erforations 31 may thus be brought to any esired location from the edge of the web of paper or from theend the web of paper is'located immediately scribed, the

following the notching mechanism hereinafter described and at the right thereof (Fig. 4

1). This punching mechanism is illustrated in Figs. 8 and 9 and consists of apunch 101 adapted to cooperate with afemale dielate 102, both of which are supported upon a ead 103 adapted to slide .upon the frame-top 40" -111 fast to the shaft 69. The cam 111 is ofsufficient length so that the lever 108' may be adjusted longitudinally upon the shaft 109, said lever bein held against motionof the shaft 109 by 00 lars 112 fast to said shaft, so that for different widths of tag corresponding to diderent lengths of feed,; hereinbefore de unch will be adjusted lon 1 4 tudinally of t e web of aper by sliding t e head 103 to the desired 7. a sliding the lever 1 08 alongthe shaft 1 0.9 to keep ing this -notehin gefithe paper is illustrated.

Fi s.- 5, 6 an 7.;andeon'sists of a 'a'ir-of said-movablecutterslwfipeatin'g with a "eta tionary cutteror die-p'late 1.17; The cutter. plate 117 is. six rted upon a 'slid'eplate 122 .and the movagf slide 116, areflsupported upon a head 1'18" .i t -b web of thesame in Ialinement. with the slide 106.

The pa er is guided along the top 40 by a guide-p ate 113 and'this guide plate is ade'upon the top 40 transversely of the piper, being rigidly fastenedto said screw ll t. heme'chanismin advance'ofthepunching mechanism just described and located at the left of sai'd punchingniechanism (Fig. 1) is- ,the'mechanism for notch'ing the paper on one side thereof in order that when the tags are severed-from the-web; of paper they ma have the o osite corners atone end beveled: as at 34. e specific' inechan-ism'for accomplishe cutte'rs 115, as well as the which is also fast to said slide plate122. The slide-platelQQ is adapted to'move' in ways lower end of which is fastene is -moved upwardly by 'a first proceed to describe position and also pawl-holder 140 119 longitudinally of the web of paper, said ways being formed in the table top 40, The slide-plate 122 is rigidly clamped to said table top 'by clamp-plates 120 and screws 121. The 'head 118 may be adjusted, together with the cutters, transversely of the by sliding said head in the slot 123 forine the slide-plate 122. The head 11.8 is fastened to the slide-plate 122 by means of a screw 124, which has screw-threaded engagement with said headand projects through a slot 125 in the bottom of said slide-plate 122.

web'of pa er (f in A guide-plate 126 fast to the table top 40 is adjustab e transversely of the web of paper and is fastened to said table 'top by a screw 127. The slide 116 is moved upwardly on the head 118 by means of a'sapring 128, the

to said slide, the upper end being fastened to a rod 129 fast to the head 1 18. A cam-lever 130 moves the slide "116 downwardly, said cam-lever being pivoted upon the rod 109 and bearing at its left han'dend (Fig. 5) a ainst the earn 111.

The next operation in t the tag is the afixing? of "the metal clip 35 thereto and the 'affixin -of astring, wire, or the'like is accomplisheg bysaid clip. 'I-will the manner in which the metal clip is attached to the webof'paper, this operation being illustrated in diagram views in Figs. 26' to 30 inclusive, the mechanism by which the different steps in the-opera-- tion of cutting off, punching and bending the metal clip is accomplished being illustrated in Figs. 10, 11,12, 13, 14 and 15. The clips are made from a thin strip of soft met'al 131 manufacture of f which isfed transversely of the web ofaper I by feed-rolls 132 and '133. Thefeed-ro 133 is fast to a'shaft 134 journaled' to rotate in bearings-inthe, table-40 (Fig. 13). The upper feed-roll132 for the metal strip is fast to a shaft 135 journaled to'rotate in boxes 136 supported in brackets 137 fast to "the table top 40. An intermittent rotary motion is imparted to-the roll 132*by a ratchet 138 (Fig. 10) which is fastened to the shaft'135 and is rotated by shaft 135 so as to rockathereonp A rocking movement is imparted to said pawl-holder .140 by a link 14 1 pivotally attached at one Y At each feed of the metal strip; 131, referring to Fig. 26, notches 144 and 144- and notches 145 and'145 are cut from the edges of said pawls 139 pivoted to a, osely mounted upon the strip and simultaneously with this-cutting of the notches'two 'holes of different diameters 146 'and'147 -are punched'in said strip, the hole 146 beingof smaller diameter 'thanthe hole 147.. cuttin of the notches 145 and145 and the punche fiig of-the :holes 146 I and 147 is'performed 'by-a male'and female die-plate and punch 148 and 149, -respec- 13c tively. The malepunch and die 148 is fastened t'o a-slide 150 guided in ways formed in a bracket 151 fast to the top 40. A reciproca-tory motion is imparted to the slide 150 by a lever 152 pivoted at 153 to a bracket 154 fast to the table top 40. A rocking motion is imparted to the lever 152 by a cam 155, said lever having a cam-roll 156 j ournaled thereon which is held in contact with the cam 155 by a spring 157. The female punch and die is rigidly fastened to the top of the table 40. After the strip of metal 131 has been unched and notched as described, it is fed forward transversely of the Web of paper to the position illustrated in Fig. 26 with the notches 144 and 144 in alinement with the notched edge of said paper and midway between the notches 33, 33. The clip is next cut off the end of the strip 131 along the line a (Fig. 26) by a movable cutter 203 fastened to the die-block 148 which cooperates with the left hand edge 204 of the female die-block 149 (Figs. 13.and 15), said clip consisting of two parts 35 and 35 the portion 35 being held'fagainst the upper face of the web of aper, while the portion 35 is bent on'the inc 5 (Fig. 26) around beneath the web of paper. The two parts forming the clip are then joined together by riveting, all as in the manner which I willnow proceed to describe. The part 35 is held against the upper face of the aper by a presser 158 which is adapted to s ide in a head 159 fast to the. table top 40. The presser 158 is moved downwardly by a lever 160 and is moved upwardly by springs 161, the lower ends of which are fastened to the presser 158, the upper ends to a yoke '162 fast to the head 159. The lever 160 is pivoted on the shaft 109 and is rocked upon said shaft by a earn- 163 fast to the shaft 69. A cam-roll 164 is j ournaled upon the lever 160 and is held thereagainst by the springs 161. During the bending'and rivet- '-ing of the clip to the paper, the resser 158 is held against the up 'er surface 0 the clip.

The part-35 of t e clip is bent around the notched edge of the plaper from the position shown in Fig. 27 to t at shown in Fig. 28 by a bender 165 consisting of a lever pivoted at 166 to a slide 167 adapted to slide 111 ways in the head 159. A spiral spring 169 is convtained within a slot 17 0 formed in the slide 167, one end of s'aids ring being fastenedto a pin 171 fast to a sli e 168, the other end of said spring bearing against the bottom of the slot 170 formed in said slide 167, theaction] ofthe spring bein to normally hold the slides' 16 7 and 168in't e relative positions illustrated 1n.F1g. 13. The'slide 168 is of the saimev width as the slide 167 and both are a aplted to slide in ways in the head 1 59. T e bender 165 is connected tothe slide 168 by a link 172'. A vertical reciprocat-ory motion is imparted to the slide 168 y a lever 17 3 pivoted on the rod 153 fast to'the bracketfl trated in Fig. 13.

.roun v through the hole 32 in the paper and through 154. The rocking motion is imparted to the lever 173 by the cam 174 fast to the shaft 65, said lever 173 being provided with a camroll 175 arranged to bear against the periphery of the cam 174. A in 176 fast to the lever 173 projects into a s ot 177 formed in a bracket 178 fast to the slide 168 and thus connects the lever 173 to'the slide 168, so that a rocking motion of said lever 17 3 imparts a reciprocatory motion to the slide 168.

In folding the. art 35 around the pa er from the position i lustrated in Fig.27 to t at illustrated in Fig. 28, the first art of said folding or bending is erformed y the slides 168 and 167 descen ing together until the downward motion of the slide 167 is arrested by a stop 17 9 fast to the head 159 and projecting into a slot 180- formed in the side of the slide 167. When said slide 167 has traveled until the upper end of the slot 180 abuts against the stop 179, the bender 165 will have bent the part 35 at right angles with the part 35. A further downward motion of the slide 168 then takes place, while'the slide 167 remains stationary, and the bender is rocked upon its ivot 166 to the position-illustrated in dotte lines (Fig. 28),,thus bringing the part 35 rip against theunder surface of the web of 'paper 30. The part 35 in this latter part of its folding motion passes between the outer ends of two horizontal levers 181. and 182 pivoted upon studs 183,: 183 fast to the table top 40. These levers areeachprovided with a cam-roll 18.4, said cam-rolls bearing against the cam faces 185 formed u on the cam 186 which is fastenedto the s aft 51,

said levers being drawn toward each other sothat the cam-rolls 184' will be held in contact with said cam faces 185 by a spiral spring 187. fAs soon as the part 35 therefore, has been bent as shown in Fig. 28, the cams 185 operate to overcome the tension of the spring 187 and to bring the anvil plates 188, 188 fast to the outer ends of thelevers 181, 182 toward each other beneath the part 35 thus holding said part 35 slides 167 and 168 back to the osition illus- As soon as t e bender 165 has moved out from between the plates 188, 188, these plates are brought together, forming an anvil plate as a whole, with a cyl1n-' drical hole therein formed by the two holes 189 and 190 formed in the adjacent ends of the plates 188, 188 (see Figs. 11 and 13). The clip is now in position to' have the two parts 35 and 35 riveted together and to the web of pa er 30, and'thisis accom hshed bya downwar motionof a pin 191 w 'ch enters the small hole 146 in the art 35 and forces in the position illustrated in Fig. 28 when the bender 165 is moved by the that (portion of the meta immediately sur ng said part 35 downwardly and,

the hole 147 in the part35 -asjillustrated in ;Fig. 29. The p1n 191then moves upwardly,

as hereinafter described, and the anvil 192 is moved upwardly, clenching the shank 193 to the part as illustrated in Fig. 30. During this latter inotion the anvil plates 188,- 188 are moved a art sufficiently to allow theanvil to be intro uced therebetween in order to perform a clenching operation.

The vertical, movement of the pin 191, hereinbefore referred to, is obtained in the following manner. Said in is fastened to a slide 194 adapted to sli e in a recess 195 formed in the presser 158. In the same recess is located a spiral spring 196, the upper end of which bears against said slide 194, the lower end against the bottom of said recess 195. The upper end of the slide 194 engages a levei 197 ivoted upon the rod 161, a rocking motion eing imparted to said lever by a cam 198 fast to theshaft 69. A vertical reciprocatory motion is also imparted to the anvil 192 which slides in a bracket 199 fast to the bot-tom of the table to by a-lever 200 pivoted at 201 to a brac et 202 fast to the under side of the table to 40, a rocking motion being imparted to said lever 200 by the cam 186 fast to the shaft 51.

- of a movable c When the part 35 is-folded under the paper and attached thereto by riveting, as hereinbefore described, the string or cord 36 is first laidunderneath the edge of the aper, so that itis fastened to the-pa er by t e attaching of the clip thereto. T e string 36 is fed into position and cut oif' by the following mechanism, illustrated in Figs. 16, 17 and 20. Said string 36 is led from a suitably supported ball of the same, 205, (Fi 1) to a carrier 206 consisting of a rod 207 aving a clutch finger 208 pivoted thereto and extending into a groove 209 formed in said rodin which the string-36 is located, said clutch finger acting to clamp the string to the rod 207 when said rod is moved forwardly or in the direction of the arrow (Fig. 16), but which allows said string-to slip therebeneath.

when the rod is retracted or moved in the opposite direction from the arrow, (Fig. 16). T 6 rod 207 is adapted to-slide in a bearing 210 formed. upon a bracket 211 fast to the base 41. The rod 207 has a reciprocatory motion imparted thereto by a lever 212 pivoted at 213 to a bracket 214 fast to the base 41, a rocking motion being imparted to said lever by a cam 215 fast to the shaft 51.

. The carrier 206 moves forward in the direction of the a'rrow,(Fig. 16) with the free end of the string projectingslightly beyond the front end thereof and inserts saidfree end in a clamp 216. The clamp 216 consists of a'stationary clamp-plate 217 fast to a bracket 218 su ported upon the base 41 and amp-plate 219 fast to a slide 220 adapted to slide longitudinally thereof inthe bracket 218, saidmovable clamp-plate 219 being held normally toward, the station- 'ary clamp plate 217 by a spiral spring 22].

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which encircles the slide 220. and acts-to force it toward the right (Fig. 17). The clamp-plate 219 is moved toward the left to allow; the free end ofthe spring to be inserted between it and the clamp-plate 217 by a cam 222 fast to the shaft 61. ,The cam 222 is so timed that when the stringcarrier 206 has brought the free end of the string forward and placed it between the clam lat es 217 and 219, said .cam releases the slide220 and the spring 221 moves said slide toward the right (Fig. 17) and clamps thefree end of the string between the movable clamp-plate 219 and the stationary clamp-plate 217. The rod 207 then moves in a direc ion opposite to the arrow (Fig. 16) and the string slidin through thecarrier 206 is held in a straight line between the carrier 206 and the clam 216. This string is next'pushed upward y between said carrier and clamp and laid against the under side ofthe web of paper 30 adjacent to the notched edge thereof, as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 17.

Said string is pushed upwardly as described.

by two fingers 223, 223 fast to a lever 224 (Fig. 17) fast to a rock-shaft 225 which is journaled to rock in a bracket 226 fast to the base 41. The shaft 225 has a gear 227 fast thereto and meshing into a rack 228 adapted to slide in the bracket 226 and also guided to slide in a bracket 229 fastto the base 41. The rack-slide 228 has a 'reciprocatory motionim arted thereto by a cam 230 fast to the shaft 51, so that as said cam rotates the rack-slide 228 is reciprocated', thus rocking the lever 224 and carr ing the string upwardly to the position illustrated in dotted lines (Fig. 17),1mmediately beneath the web of paper in position to be clamped thereto by the clip when said clip is bent and riveted to the paper, as hereinbefore described. A cam-roll 231 bears against the periphery of the cam 230 and is held thereagainst by a spring 232, one end of which is fastened to the rack-bar 228 the other-to the bracket 229. The string 36 is now held in the position illustrated in diagram View, Fig, 30, one end being held between the clamp-plates 219 and 217 the other by the. carrier 206.

The next operation of the machine 1s to sever the string at about one-eighth of an inch from the end of the carrier 206and this cuttin 0 eration is performed by mechanli I will now proceed to describe and whichis illustrated in Fig. 16 and particularly in Fig. 20, said'Fig. 20 being viewed from the opposite direction to that in which the paper. is beingfed. A slide 233 guided in ways 234 supported upon the standard 90 has a slot 235 formed therein and said slide is moved forward or toward the right (Fig. 20) or toward the left (Fig. 16) until the String 36 asses. into the slot 235. This motionof t e slide 233 is obtained bymeans of a link 236 which connects the slide 233 to I to theshaft 61. A spring 241 holds thecamm a lever 237 pivoted at 238 to a bracket 239 fast to the table 40. A rocking motion is imparted to the lever 237 by the cam 240 fast roll 242 in engagement with the cam 240.

' After the string has entered the slot 235 a knife blade 243 pivoted at 244 to the slide 233 engages a pin 245*fast to one of the wa s 234, and further forward movement of t e slide 233 causes the knife blade 243 to be rocked upon its ivot 24.4 and passing downwardl by the s ot 235 to sever the string 36 at a istance of about one-eighth of an inch in advance of the carrier 206. A spring 246 holds the pivoted knife blade 243 normally in the posltion illustrated in Fi 20. The

string 36' is now attached to the tag and 13 upon opposite sides of the slot 247 and push the two .depen'ding ends of the string 36 between these corrugated plates by means of a slide plate 249 (Figs. 13 and 16). Said plate is fastened to the end of a slide 250 guided in ways 251 fast to the bottom of the table top 40. Said slide has a reciprocatory motion imparted thereto by a lever 252vpivoted at 253 to the table top 40 (Figs. 10 and 16). The lever 252 is connected to the slide 250 by a link 254 and has a rocking motion im arted thereto by a cam 255 fast to a the sha t 61, a spring 256 holding a cam-roll 257 journaled upon said lever 252 in engagement with said cam.

Havin now attached the strin to the web of paper y means of the clip, t e next 0 peratlon is to print upon the surface of t e web of paper, and this is accomplished by means of any suitable printing mechanism, the particular form of printing mechanism illustrated in Fig. 1 being preferably used by me, the same consisting of a rocking head 258 (Fi I fast tot e t 1e top 40 and counterbalanced by means of a weight 261. Theprinting mechanism is driven from the main shafti46 by means of a gear 262 fast thereto and meshing into a gear 263 fast to a shaft 264 'ourn'aled in brackets 265 and 266 (Fig. 3),

he shaft 264 has crank-pin disks 267, 267 fast thereto, each provide rocking head 258 by means of ivotal studs .1) pivoted at 259 to a bracket 260 an 3) by which with a crank-pin 268 which is connected by a link 269 tothe in head 258 and is inked by means of 'distri uting rolls 272 carriedby a rocker arm 273 which is rocked u on the'pivot 270 by the combined motion ofthe roc head 258' and links 274, connected from sai arms 273 to brackets 275 fast to the table to 40, ink being distributed by means of a dis rotated by a pawl and ratchet mechanism operated by a lever 276 pivoted at 277 to the head 258. After bein printed u on the web, of paper is fed forward and cut 0% along the line 38 by a movable cutter 278 which cooperates with a stationary cutter 279 fast to the bracket 282 (Figs. 21, 22 and 23). A reciprocatory motion is imparted to the cutter 278 by a slide 280 guided in ways 281 formed in a bracket 282 supported upon the table top 40. The slide 280 is connected by a link 283 to a lever 284 pivoted at 285 tothe bracket 282, a rocking motion being imparted to said lever 284 by a cam 286 fast to the shaft'69, a spring 287 acting to hold a cam-roll 288 journaled u periphery o the cam 286. The web paper 30 is held against the upper face of the stationary cutter 279, pre aratory to being cut transversely thereof y a presser 289 which has two pins 290, 290 fast thereto and rojecting upwardly therefrom into recesses fbrmed in the cap p ate 291 which is fastened to the bracket 2 82. Said presser is forced downwardl by springs 292 contained in recesses in t e caplate 291 and above the guide-pins 290. top-pins 293 extending transversely of the pins 290 and fast thereto project into slots 294 formed in the slide 280 above the cutter 278.

The operation of the cutters and ipresser forv severing the tags from-the Web 0 aper is as follows: The slide 280 is moved dbwnwardly, together with the presser 289, until said-presser comes in contactwith the upper face of the web-of paper, thus holding said web of paper firmly pressed against the per face of the stationary cutter 279, slide 280 continuing its downward movement on the lever 284 against theof v after the presser has been released therefrom by coming m'conta'ct with said web of paper,-

thus holding said presser 289 firmly pressed a ainst the upper face of the web of paper, w ile the movable cutter 278 continues its movement with said slide and severs the tag from the web ofpaper alon the line '38; The tag, after being separate from the web of pa er, falls upon an endless belt 295 (Figs. 1

tacle. f The feed of the belt 295 accom lished by means of a ulley 296 connected by a belt 297 to "a pul ey 298 fast to a shaft 299 journaled to rotate in the brackets 47, 47 said belt extending over a roll 300 fast to a shaftit is fed to a suitable recep- 301 journaled to rotate in brackets 302-fast to the frame of the machine (Fig 1).

The general operation ofthemachine is as r disk 95 an roll 97. It is punched of the punch 101 which is reclprocated by the follows: The web of paper 30 is fed longitii dinally thereof into the machine by means of feed rolls 71 and 72 actuated from the main driving shaft 46 by the link 86 rack 88, gear 91 and ratchet 94, said feed-rolls beinggeared together by gears 75 and 76. The pa er is first erforatedlongitudmall thereof y bein drawn between the crating cam 111,.lver 108 and spring 107. The-paper is notched along one edge thereof at 33,

33 by the cutters 115 and 117, the movable cutter 115 being operated b the slide 116, lever 130 and cam 111. e strin 36 is next fed andheld against the Webb? paper u on its underside adjacent to thenotched e ge thereof bythe-carrier 206 and fingers face of the web of paper is c amped thereto by the metal clip'35 which is fed transversely of the web ,of paper by the feed-rolls 132 and 133 and is notched, punched and out i by the notching cutters, punches and knives lieroinbefore described.

then riveted to the and 35 being riveted to ether by means of the pin 191 and the anvi? ing given the necessary. movements to acout of the way of carried bythe male die plate 148 which cooperates with the female dielate 149, said male die-platel'being operated y the slide 150 by the lever 152 and cam 155.-

held against the upper surface of t e paper by the presser 158 and is cut from the stri of metal I31 by the cutter203. The clip is t en bent b i the bender 165, as hereinbefore described around the edge of the web of paper and around the string 36 held thereagain'st, as Said metal clip is paper, the two parts 35 192, .said parts he complish said riveting, as hereinbefore described. The'string 36 is then cut slightly in advance of the. end of the carrier 206 by the knife blade 243 cooperating with theslide 233, said string having first been en aged within the slot 235 provided in said slidle 233 by the lateral movementof the said slide 0 erated by the lever 237 and cam 240. s soon as the string has been cut, the op osite end from that which has been cut is re eased by the clamp 216 and the paper is fed forward with the free ends35, 36' attached thereto by means of the metal cli These free ends are moved forward and hei d the succeedin tag and its by the slide-p ate 249 and p a depending string tes 248, respectively.

the corrugated V means to attac of the string 1 The printing is then done upon the upper surface oftheta by the form 271 which is properly. sup liefwlth the printin mechanism hereinbe ore described, and t e tag is finally cut off of the web of paper by the cutter 278 006 crating with the stationary cutter 279 and drops 11 n the belt 295 which conveys it to a suita le receptacle.

I claim and desire by Letters Patent to secure is:

mechanism to feed a web of pa er, mechanism to feed a strip of sheet meta transversely of s-aidweb of pa r, mechanism-to cut a clip from said strip ofiheet metal, mechanism to hold one end of said clamp against one face of said paper and subsequently bend said clip transversely thereof, with its other end against the'op osite face of said paper, and means to attac said ends to said web of paper.

2 In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of pa er, mechanv ism to feed .a strip of sheet ineta transversely of said web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said strip of metal, mechanism to cut a clip from said stri of sheet metal mechanism to hold one enr of said clamp against one face ofsaid paper and subsequently bend said clip transversely thereof 1. In a machine for manufacturing tags,

Having thus described my invention, what i between two of said holes with its other end f against the op osite face of said paper, and

said ends to said web of paper. 3. In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of pa er, mechanism to feed 'a strip of sheet meta transversely of said web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said strip of metal, mechanism to cut notches in said strip of metal, said notches in pairs arran ed one opposite the other upon opposite si es of said strip of metal, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of sheet metal,

the line of cut oining two of said notches and extending transversely across said strip of metal, mechanism to bend said oh transversely thereof and attach it to sai web of paper. 7

4. In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of paper, mechanism to feed a strip of sheet metal transversely of said web ofpaper, mechanism to unch holes in said strip of metal of two diferent diameters alternately disposed, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of sheet metal, and mechanism to bend said clip transversely thereof between two of said holes and attach it to said web of pa er.

5. In a machine'for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed'a web of paper, mechanism to feedfa strip of sheet metal 'transe versely of said web of paper, mechanism to unch holes in said strip of metal of two diferent diameters alternately disposed, mechanism to cut a clip from said stri of sheet metal, mechanism to bend said ip transversely thereof between two of said holes, whereby two of said holes of different diameters are brought into alinement with each other upon opposite sides of said paper, and

; mechanism to drive the metal immediately ad acent to said smaller hole through said paper and larger hole and clench the metal so driven upon the outer face of said clip.

6. In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of pa er, mechanism to feed a strip ofsheet meta transversely of said web of pa er, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip 0 [sheet metal, mechanism to hold one end of said clip against one face of said paper and subsequently bend said cli transversely thereof with its other en against the opposite face of said paper, means to hold said clip in its bent osition, and means to fasten'said ends to said webof paper.

7. In avmachine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of paper, mechanism to feed a strip of sheet metal transversely of said web of paper, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of sheet metal, mechanism to bend said clip transversely thereof and attach it to said web of paper, and means adapted to hold a cord, wire or the like in position to'be attached to said paper by said clip.

8'. In a machine for manufacturing tags,

mechanism to feed a web of pa er, mechanism to feed a strip of sheet meta transversely of said web of paer, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of sheet metal, mechanism to bend said cli transversely thereof and attach it to sai web of paper, means adapted to hold a cord, wire or the like in osition to be attached to said paper by said nlreans to out said strip at one side of said 0 1p.

9. Ina machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of pa er, mechanism to feed a strip of sheet meta transversely of said web of pa er, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip'o sheet metal, mechanism to bend said cli transversely thereof, means to. attach -said ee ends to said web of paper,

' mechanism to feed cord, wire or the like transversely of said metal .strip,and mechanism to hold saidcord, wire or the like in osition to be attached to said paper by said 0 ip.

10. In a machine for manufacturing tags, 3 mechanism to feed a web of pa er, mechan-J ism to feed a strip of sheet meta transversely of said web of pa er, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of sheet metal, mechanism to bend said oh transversely thereof, mechan- 'ism to attac said free ends to said web of paper, mechanism tofeed cord, wire or the against said. paper adjacent to one edge in clip, and

like

plosition to be attached to said paper by said 0 1 I1. In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said web of paper, mechanism .to feed a strip of metal transversely of said web of pa er, mechanism to punch holes in said strip 0 metal, and mechanism to cut a clip from said stri of sheet metal, and bend said clip transverse y thereof between two of the holes therein whereby said two holes are brought into alinement with one of the holes in said web of paper.

12. In a'machlne for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said web of paper, mechanism to feed a strip of metal transversely of said web of paper, mechanism to punch .holes in said strip of metal, mechanism to cut a clip from said stri of sheet metal, mechanism to bend said c 1p transversely thereof between two of the holes therein whereby said two holes are brought into alinement with one of'the holes in said web of paper, and mechanism to attach said metal to said paer. Y p 13. In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a Web of paper, mechanismto unch holes in said web of paper, mechanism to feed a strip of metal transversely of said web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said strip of metal of two different diameters alternately disposed,'mechanismto cut a clip from said strip of sheet metal, and mechanism to bend said clip transversely thereof between said holes of difierent diameters, whereby said' holes of different diameters are brought into alinement with each other and with one of the holes punched in said web of aper upon op posite sides of said paper, mec anism. toforce the metal immediately adjacent to the smaller of said two -holes in said metal through the hole in said'paper and through said larger hole and clench the metal so .driven upon the .outer face of saidolip.

14. In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of paper, mechanism to' punchholes in said web of paper, mechanism to feed a strip of metal transversely of said web of paper, mechanism to unch holes in said strip oflrnetal, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of metal, mechanismto bend said clip transversely thereof between two of the holes therein whereby said .two holes are brought into alinement with one of the holes in said web I of paper, mechanism tofeed'cord, wire or the like transversely of said metal strip, and

means adapted to hold said cord, wire or the like in posltion to be attachedto said paper by said clip.

15. In a machine for manufacturiiig tags, mechanism to feed a web of paper,,-mechanin said web of paper,

ism to punch holes mechanism to feed astrip of metal transversely of said web of pa er, mechanism to punch holes in said strip metal, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of metal, mechanism to bend said clip transversely thereof between two of the holes therein whereby 'said two holes are brought into alinement with one of'the holes in said web of pa er,

mechanism to feed cord, wire or the ike transversely of said metal strip, means adapted to hold said cord, wire or the like in position to be attached to said paper by said clip, and mechanism adapted to print upon one face of said web of paper.

16. In a machine for manufacturing tags, mechanism to feed a web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said web of paper,

mechanism to feed a strip of metal trans-' -versely' ofsaid web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said strip of'metal, mechanism to cut a clip from said strip of metal, mechanism to bend said clip transversely thereof between two of the holes therein whereby said two holes are brought into alinement with one of the holesin said web of paper, mechanism to feed'eord, wire or the like transversely of saidnietal stri means adapted to hold said cord, wire or t e like in 'posltion to be attached to said paper by said clip, mechanism adapted to print upon one face of said web ofdpaper, and mechanism ada ted to sever sai Weblof paper between sai mechanism to feed a web of paper, mechanism to cut notches in one edge of said paper, mechanismto punch holes in said aper midway between said notches, mec anism to feeda strip of sheet metal transversely of said web of paper, mechanism to punch holes in said strip of metal, mechanism, to' cut a clip from sai strip of sheet metal, mechanism to bend said clip transversely thereof, mechanism to attach the free'ends of said clip to said nesses.

ARTHUR DANSEREAU. Witnesses: v CHANNING M. WELLS, PITT H. HUBERT.

clips. I 17. n a machine for manufacturing tags, 

